Characteristic of semirings #
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The generator of the kernel of the unique homomorphism ℕ → R for a semiring R.
Warning: for a semiring R
, char_p R 0
and char_zero R
need not coincide.
char_p R 0
asks that only0 : ℕ
maps to0 : R
under the mapℕ → R
;char_zero R
requires an injectionℕ ↪ R
.
For instance, endowing {0, 1}
with addition given by max
(i.e. 1
is absorbing), shows that
char_zero {0, 1}
does not hold and yet char_p {0, 1} 0
does.
This example is formalized in counterexamples/char_p_zero_ne_char_zero
.
Instances of this typeclass
Noncomputable function that outputs the unique characteristic of a semiring.
Equations
- ring_char R = classical.some _
Instances for ring_char
If ring_char R = 2
, where R
is a finite reduced commutative ring,
then every a : R
is a square.
The characteristic of a finite ring cannot be zero.
We have 2 ≠ 0
in a nontrivial ring whose characteristic is not 2
.
Characteristic ≠ 2
and nontrivial implies that -1 ≠ 1
.
Characteristic ≠ 2
in a domain implies that -a = a
iff a = 0
.
The characteristic of the product of rings is the least common multiple of the characteristics of the two rings.
The characteristic of the product of two rings of the same characteristic is the same as the characteristic of the rings
If two integers from {0, 1, -1}
result in equal elements in a ring R
that is nontrivial and of characteristic not 2
, then they are equal.